Badminton News: Indian shutters make winning start in World C'ship

Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and Sai Praneeth have won their respective matches in the preliminary round of the World Championships in Basel, Switzerland to advance to the second round. Kidambi Srikanth came from behind to beat Ireland's Nhat Nguyen 17-21, 21-16, 21-6 in the first round. Srikanth, after taking an early lead, struggled in the first game, losing momentum and eventually going down by 17-21. Srikanth, however, showed great character in the second game to close the game at 21-16 and take it to the decider. In the decider, Srikanth produced his best performance of the match and clinched the match in an hour and six minutes.